G'morning Mark,

 ml> whoa... down here in the south US, 20oz plastic reclosable bottles go
 ml> for ~$1.20US... 2liter bottles vary... most are about the same
 ml> price as the 20oz'ers... in my immediate area, coke and
 ml> pepsi are alternating sales weeks... one week, the 2liter
 ml> stuff of one will be "normal" price and the other will be
 ml> 99cents... the next week will see them swap...

That's sounds like NZ ... the alternation is `marketing' Achilles 
heel, training consumers to ignore branding in favour of 
`specials'  -  and enabling keen-eyed buyers such as my wife to 
cut the household bills to the bone.  If you have the space to 
store 10 or 20 units of a product,  the saving in bulk buying at 
bargain peak is significant.

At the moment, the margarine people here are having a price war on 
their anti-chloresterol product at nearly half-prices;  the 
freezer's bulging, the doctor's grinning and purse ain't 
suffering....

Miles.
 
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